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Chapter 107

After nearly collapsing from exhaustion and waking up in the morning, it was when Eun-oh, fully awake, rose with a refreshed mind that a voice, as if waiting for this moment, echoed.

"Did you sleep well?"

The familiar voice didn't scare him.

Still groggy, Eun-oh blinked blankly.

"This guy sleeps in strange places. How can he choose the floor with no blanket over a proper bed?"

Jeon Su Gyeom, seated on the sofa, casually teased Eun-oh.

In response, Eun-oh, rubbing his eyelids, explained the reason for opting the floor over the bed.

"It's too high..."

Fearing he might fall off and meet an unfortunate fate of dying from such a high bed, Eun-oh chose the floor.

"Enough of that. Now that you're up, sit here."

Eun-oh stumbled groggily and settled onto the sofa. Meanwhile, Yeoul, blissfully unaware, continued to snore, deeply in exhausted sleep.

"Now that you've had a good nap, your head must be clearer, right?"

Regrettably, not at all. It was still heavy.

However, Eun-oh roughly nodded in response.

"Now, let's hear your plans."

Eun-oh silently scratched his head. There wasn't a specific plan. Yesterday, he was too exhausted, and thoughts were swept away without a chance to think.

"Why so quiet?"

"...I still don't have a plan."

Jeon Su Gyeom clicked his tongue as if expecting this.

"Do you have a place to go?"

"No."

"Yet you insist on not returning to Master?"

"I can't go back there."

Though the day had changed, the situation hadn't. Eun-oh wasn't sure about the next steps, but one thing was certain-he couldn't return to Cha Ga-won for the time being.

Feeling the weight of reality, he sighed deeply.

"Be clear about it. Is it that you can't go, or you don't want to go?"

"Isn't it the same thing?"

"No, it's not. I'm not asking about the circumstances, I'm asking about your heart. Is it that you can't go back even though you want to, or is it just that you don't want to go back at all?"

Jeon Su Gyeom thought, let me question this guy more simply.

Only then did Eun-oh understand the difference and paused for a moment. If it weren't for the circumstances, what did he truly want?

The answer came surprisingly quickly.

"So, it's correct that I can't go back."

"Exactly."

Bang!

Jeon Su Gyeom suddenly slammed his palm on the table. Startled, Eun-oh involuntarily leaned back.

"If your life were guaranteed, would you willingly go back?"

"Well, yes."

He had fled in the first place out of fear for his life. In other words, if there was no possibility of death, he wouldn't have run away.

Therefore, Eun-oh reluctantly agreed to Jeon Su Gyeom's assumption.

"So, you still reject my proposal? Even though I can provide better food, shelter, and even beauty than Master Yoon-sa?"

Just like yesterday, Eun-oh, showing no agreement with his proposal, responded promptly.

"Yes. I reject it."

"Because of Master? It has to be Master Yeon-sa?"

Eun-oh, who had never seriously considered the reasons, found himself unable to admit or deny, pausing in response.

Now curious himself, Eun-oh wondered why he couldn't feel any inclination toward this sir, who claimed to treat him better. Was it because of the Young Master? Was it that it had to be the young master, and no one else?

Watching Eun-oh ponder seriously with a tilted head, Jeon Su Gyeom, unable to wait any longer, threw a more direct question.

"Let's think about it simply. For example, could you consider sharing a bed with me..."

"What? Absolutely not."

Eun-oh sternly waved his hand before the sentence could even finish. Faced with such passionate rejection, Jeon Su Gyeom's expression wrinkled.

He fanned himself, suppressing his irritation.

"Why not?"

"Because it's not possible... It's something I can only do with the young master."

"I see. Can't do it with another man?"

Eun-oh shuddered at the mere thought, expressing strong denial.

"No, I can't. I will never do it"

Suddenly, Jeon Su Gyeom folded the fan and clapped. Clap, clap. Then, turning to the door and raising his voice, he loudly said.

"There you have it. Heard that? It has to be you, and no one else. Isn't that admirable?"

Why are you acting like that when no one is there? Eun-oh, confused by the peculiar behavior, was suddenly taken aback as the door to the guest room swung open, revealing someone emerging from the entrance.

"...!"

It was Chae Yoon-sa.